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Perspective View of The Engineers' Club Building, West 
Fortieth Street, New York City. Fa9ade in white marble 
and Dutch red brick. Whitfield & King, Architects, New York 



The New Club House 
The Enmneers' Club 



Being a Preliminary Description 
of the Plans and Details 



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New York 

Issued by order of the Trustees 

August, 1905 



COPYRIGHTED, 1905, BY THE ENGINEERS' CLUB, NEW YORK 



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The Engineers' Club 

HE Engineers' Club will 
shortly be in the enjoy- 
ment of one of the 
finest and most luxur- 
ious clubhouses in the 
United States, occupy- 
ing land purchased b}' 
the Club at Nos. 32 
and 34 West Fortieth 
Street, on the South 
side, between Fifth and 
Sixth Avenues. These lots furnish an adequate 
and most desirable central site, fifty feet wide 
by one hundred feet deep. The outlook north- 
ward from the windows of the new home of 
the Club will be upon Bryant Park and the mag- 
nificent Public Library. 

The front of the handsome new building 
will be of simple classic design, and constructed 
of white marble and red brick. The elevation 
is shown herewith in perspective. Briefly stated, 
the architectural features comprise a st)l()bate 
that embraces the entire first stor)', and u])()n 
which rest four Corinthian i)illars niiming up 
through two stories and supporting a ricli entab- 
lature. This treatment enframes the windows 



of the clubroom and the bilhard room ; so that 
the whole of the first three stories is built of 
marble, insuring a beautiful and dignified effect. 

Above these first three stories rise the six 
stories devoted to bedrooms. These are treated 
in red brick, of bright and cheerful aspect. 
Marble quoins run up the sides of the building, 
accentuating the outline, and the windows have 
marble architraves, sills and lintels. At the 
level of the banquet hall floor, on the eleventh 
story, is an ornamental balcony the full width of 
the building, supported on brackets. Four en- 
gaged columns at this story separate the tall, 
round-arched windows of the banquet hall, or 
dining-room. Above this the building is finished 
off with a marble cornice and balustrade. These 
structural details will be understood from the 
frontispiece of this pamphlet. It is now in order 
to glance at the interior details. 

Entrance to the clubhouse is effected 
through a small but commodious vestibule, by 
which access is gained to the hall or foyer. On 
the left is the reception room for strangers ; on 
the right is the writing room for members, fitted 
up with writing tables, mail boxes, etc. Adjacent 
is the administration office, and across the hall 
is the capacious coat room, equal to the care of 
no fewer than five hundred coats and hats. 
Passing along the hall to the center of the house, 
one comes to the grand main stairway, which 
leads up from the right-hand side to the 
third floor. At the end of the hall is a large, 
quaintly artistic cafe with a grille. A bar, cigar 
stand, four telephone booths, and a small lavatory 
are also provided on this floor. On the left of 
the foyer hall, are the service stairs and three 



electric elevators. The three elevators run from 
basement to roof, as well as the ser\uce stairs. 
One of these elevators is intended for freight, 
but mav also be used for passengers if necessary. 
The main lavatory is in the basement at the 
foot of the main stairs. 

On the second story is the large clubroom 
at the front of the building, and the library is at 
the rear. Both rooms are of stately proportions 
and appropriately equipped. Sen'ice from the 
bar on the first floor, is obtained from an electric 
dumb-waiter near the senice stairs, which also 
runs to the billiard-room floor above. The 
billiard room is large enough to accommodate six 
tables, and around the sides is a luxurious plat- 
form, raised about eight inches from the floor, 
with broad benches, upon which spectators ma}' 
sit and watch the game. This room, like the 
inviting clubroom below it, is provided with an 
open ornamental fireplace at each end. In the rear 
on this floor are three large rooms, set apart for 
cards, for the house committee and for the 
board of go\-ernors. 

The next six stories are, as already noted, 
entirely given over to bedrooms, of which, all 
quiet, rich and comfortable, there are to be sixty- 
six. These floors are so planned that the rooms 
may be used en suite or separate, and a bath is 
connected with or available for each bechoom. 
A general toilet, bath and shower, are jmo- 
vided for common use off the main corridor. 

Al)o\'e the bech'oom floors is the jirixate 
dining-room floor, where an effort lias l)eon 
made to i)r()\i(le the faciUties so sorcK' needed in 
the old house, 'i'wo large prixate dining-rooms 
occupy the front. A spacious reception room 



opens off from the larger room. Directly 
opposite the elevators on this floor, is the break- 
fast, room, where all meals before noon lunch 
will be served. This room is also suited for 
large private dinners. There are ample serving 
facilities on this floor, with separate stairs to 
the kitchen. 

On the eleventh story is the comfortable 
but stately banquet hall, or main dining-room, 
which will accommodate three hundred guests. 
A balcony corridor is thrown across the eastern 
court to facilitate service in the front part of the 
room, and a musicians' gallery is also provided 
for use on special and state occasions. 

The twelfth story is entirely given over to 
the service work. In the rear is the main 
kitchen, a large airy room connected by private 
stairs to the service pantries below. The cook- 
ing range, plate warmers, ice boxes, steam-table, 
scullery, plate rack, etc., all are planned with an 
eye to obtaining the utmost efficiency in service. 
Adjoining the main kitchen, are the butcher shop 
and refrigerator, associated with a bake shop. 

In addition, there are on the top floor linen 
rooms, a sen^ants' hall, maids' toilet, house- 
keeper's room and bath, maids' sleeping room, 
maids' locker room, a room for storing trunks, 
and a men's toilet. About half of the roof is 
reser\"ed for an open roof garden where meals 
and refreshments can be served in Summer. 
In the rear are service pantry, rooms for 
help, etc. 

In the basement are situated the general 
toilet, barber shop and boot cleaning room, 
steward's office, storage rooms, locker room for 
male help, and the wine rooms. Below this floor 



is the sub-basement given over entirely to the heat- 
ing, Ughting, ventilating and refrigerating plant. 

The Club will install its own heating, light- 
ing, power and refrigerating plants, and every 
part will be as nearly complete as possible. 
The data and details here given are from Messrs. 
Whitfield & King, the architects for this building. 

It will be evident to every member that he 
will have a clubhouse in which he can take 
individual and professional pride. 





Floor Plan of Cellar, and Generating, Ventilating and 
Refrigerating Plants 




Uascmenl Flucjr Plan, showing Minor I )ci).ii tiunus 

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First Floor Plan, showing Cafe and Club Ofi&ces, etc. 



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Second Floor Plan, including the Club-room and the Library 
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Third Floor Plan, showing Billiard Room, Committee 
Rooms, and Card Room 




Fourth Floor Plan, or Typical iU-drooin Floor from Fourth 
to Ninth Stories, inclusive 




Tenth Floor Plan, showing Breakfast Room and Private 
Dining-rooms 



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Eleventh Floor Vhm. This floor is devoted entirely to the 
Han(|uet Hall or Main Dininj; room 




Twelfth Floor Plan, exhibiting Arrangement of Kitchen, 
Bakery, Servants' Hall, etc. 




Roof I'liiii. I'art of this floor occupied by Roof Gardens 
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